“Let’s be serious. We just talked about Medicaid and we have a budget we have to pass, we have to deal with pension stabilization, those issues are far, far higher on the priority list,” Quinn said Thursday.

I support a taxpayer subsidy for a new Wrigley Field, but Quinn is absolutely right. Now isn’t the time. Let’s get the pressing business finished and revisit the Wrigley plan over the summer or in Veto session.

If the Cubs can pay Zambrano $15 million to play in Maimi they can afford to fix their own park.
The Sox from what I heard many years ago wanted to pay off their debt, but the powers that be were happy to get the interest on the money.